My Brilliant Friend: Season 2

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 16, 2020

Summary: Set in the 1960s, the second season subtitled: The Story of a New Name sees the friendship and lives of Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) and Lila (Gaia Girace) changed after the arrival of childhood acquaintance, Nino Sarratore (Francesco Serpico).

Genre(s): Drama

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Jun 22, 2020

My Brilliant Friend is absorbing, gripping television that demands that you sink into it completely, closing off all distractions. Read full review

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IndieWire Ryan Lattanzio

Mar 16, 2020

A gorgeously wrought second season that vividly recreates 1950s postwar Naples, and the complex relationships among its denizens, all of whom are looking for something more among the ruins. Read full review

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Nancy DeWolf Smith

Mar 19, 2020

"My Brilliant Friend" has returned for a second season more affecting, in an alarming way, than the first, though in every way just as impressive in its penetrating portraiture of Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) and Lila (Gaia Girace), the friends at the center of this tale set in 1950s Naples, based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels. Read full review

Tracy Moore

Mar 16, 2020

[My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name] still expertly portrays the bewilderingly contradictory dynamics of female friendships. But it also offers savagely dramatic, heartstrings-pulling, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cliffhangers. ... Season two reconciles that heaviness [of season one] with a pleasurable mix of plot, visual oompf and pacing: It is shot after shot of arrestingly pure swoon, even when it’s damply dreary. What’s more, it moves, giving viewers more twists and turns, more suspense, and more emotionally resonant brushstrokes that bring the largely emotional experience of reading Ferrante’s books into vivid Technicolor. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Mar 26, 2020

The dramas that play out range from the brutal to the more purely psychological, and all of them are compelling, not least of all thanks to the lead actresses’ stunning performances. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Mar 16, 2020

My Brilliant Friend's marvelous, harrowing sophomore season begins with a fairy-tale air. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Mar 13, 2020

An unusually thoughtful, perceptive series, taking the interiority of teenage girls and women seriously while immersing its audience in a specific culture that, nonetheless, feels all too painfully familiar. Read full review

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Edjackson

Mar 17, 2020

This is a memorable show from the scenario, actors, storyline, to the emotional trigger, social relevance, and music score. A pearl of adaptation and HBO in its best. If you open your world to television with subtitles, you will definitely enrich your life. My brilliant friend season 2 keepsThis is a memorable show from the scenario, actors, storyline, to the emotional trigger, social relevance, and music score. A pearl of adaptation and HBO in its best. If you open your world to television with subtitles, you will definitely enrich your life. My brilliant friend season 2 keeps up with the already perfect season 1. Much recommended!… Expand

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donmcdonough

Aug 25, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I give it a whopping 10! It's not that pathetic, but it's the BEST OF THE BEST! It's super duper epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand

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podaddy

Apr 24, 2020

Wonderful show. From the story, the writing, the scenery and the acting. Simply exquisite. Bad reviews are puzzling, can only assume it's for something ridiculous such as an aversion to subtitles.

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Jdank

Mar 16, 2020

If the first episode is any indication of how this season will play out it will be equally as good as the first

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Sifteruk

Dec 20, 2020

I should not like this show. I should have watched this and muttered 'period drama' to myself and walked away. But I'm so glad I didnt There is so much to admire here. Literally, everything combines to create a piece of artistic perfection. It draws me in without any big action sequences. ItI should not like this show. I should have watched this and muttered 'period drama' to myself and walked away. But I'm so glad I didnt There is so much to admire here. Literally, everything combines to create a piece of artistic perfection. It draws me in without any big action sequences. It relies on subtlety and attention to detail. So good. Thankyou.
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